TiSTORiC FORTS ARE [
MERELY DISMANTLED
‘ext of the Norwegian-Sweden
Agreement Is made Known
to Associated Press.
?£ACH COMPLETE ACCORD
ill but the Most Vital Differences Are
to Be Arbitrated Hereafter by The
Hague Tribunal—Big
^ Neutral Zone.
Stockholm, Sept. 27—The Associated
Press has succeeded in securing the
,ext of the protocol signed at Karlstad
Saturday by the Norwegian-Swedlsh
lelegates. The historic document,
.vhich will become a treaty when rati
led by two parliaments, consists of five
main articles and thirty-five sub
ilauses.
The articles deal wdth arbitration, a
leutral zone, demolition of fortification,
•eindeer pastures, inter-traffic and oom
lion waterways.
Tlie agreement provides for compul
tory arbitration before The Hague
lourt of all disputes except matters of
vital interest for a period of decades.
The treaty provides for a zone on
either side of the frontier which shall
forever be neutral and for demolition of
ortresses within that zone wdth excep
tion of old portions of fortification of
I 'redi icksten, Gyldenloeve and Over
jjerget which may remain but are not
o be used as fortifications.
Article 1.
Article 1, relating to arbitration, is sub
iivided into eight clauses, as follows:
A. The two countries undertake to sub
pit all matters of dispute to The Hague
Aidtration co.urt which do not affect the
ndependence,' integrity or vital interests
jt' either. „ ,
B. Ill the event of a difference of opin
ion between the two countries as to wheth
>ra given question touches the vital in
terests of one of them, the matter shall be
submitted to the arbitration tribunal for
ieeision.
C. Disputes in regard to the interpreta
tion of the method of carrying out the
agreement to be arrived at in connection
with the dissolution of the union shall not,
however, be submitted to The Hague
•jourt.
I> E, F and G provide for the constitu
tion of the court in accordance with the
rules of the Hague convention, the ex
change of documents and who are quali
iied to act as arbitrators, etc.
H. This agreement is to remain in gen
?ral force for a decade from the date of
its signature. It may be extended for a
-imilar period, if it is not denounced by
Hither party at least two years before the
expiration of the term of ten years.
Article 2.
Article 2, dealing with the neutral zone,
is subdivided into nine clauses:
A. In order to secure peace between the
two countries a zone is to be provided
ju each aide of the frontier which shall,
forever he netural and must not he used !
bv either country for war purposes, nor i
•an there be stationed or gathered within,
the zone armed military forces except as
provided in clause “F,” and such as are
necessary to maintain order to cope with j
Accidents. This zone shall be fifteen kilo
meters wide on both sides of the southern
portion of the frontier of the two coun- j
tries. Islands and skerries shall be in- ;
eluded in that zone, but portions of the;
sea itself, with the bays within the neu
tral line, shall not he considered as within ]
the zone. If either country constructs!
railroads through the zone, troops may]
be transported, and people living within
the zone may be collected there for mill- ,
tiiry duty, but must immediately be trans- j
ported away. Fortifications, war ports or;
depots for the army and navy must not lie;
maintained, nor new ones established with- J
hi the zone. This agreement is suspended I
in case the two countries assist each oth- i
or in a war against a common enemy, and i
also if either goes to war with a third ■
power.
B. Therefore the fortifications now ex- I
Isting within the above neutral zone shall j
be demolished, viz., the Norwegian groups
of fortifications at Fredriksten. with Gyl
ienlocvc, Overbjcrget and Weden and
Hjclrnkolenoerje, with Kroksund and
Dingsrud.
C. The above mentioned fortifications
shall be demolished as such. The old for
tifications at Fredriksten, Glydenloeve and
Overbjcrget may remain, hut not as forti
fications. Concerning the modern arrange
ment of the last three and concerning the
action taken to be in regard to the other
fortifications, more explicit agreements are
related in a separate treaty of equal force
with this.
D. The measures mentioned in clause C
must be completed within eight months of
this treaty becoming effective.
E. Provided that the above measures
shall he carried out under the supervision i
of a commission composed of three officers |
of foreign nationality, neither Swedish nor,
Norwegian, each country choosing one, the j
third to be selected by those two, or in
case of a disagreement, by the president
of Switzerland. More explicit rules con
cerning the control are to be contained in
the aforementioned separate treaty.
F. Fredriksten may remain the head
quarters of the staff of the district and a j
place of garrison and site of the noncoin- I
missioned officers’ academy to the same j
extent as before the occupation of the new |
fortifications. The Konsvingers group of *
fortifications may not be extended either
as regards the erection of armaments of i
the garrison, which latter hitherto has not
exceeded 300 men, not counting conscripts j
holding their yearly exercises. In conse-|
quence of the above agreements new forti- j
ficatlons may not be erected within ten
kilometers of the old fortress of Rons-j
vie gers.
The succeeding clauses provide that in
case of disagreements as to the meaning
of this clause which diplomacy may be un
able to solve they shall be submitted to an
arbitration tribunal of three members
chosen in accordance with The Hague con
vention.
The last clause reads:
This agreement becomes effective imme
diately. It cannot be broken by only one
party to the agreement.
Article 3.
Article 3 refers to reindeer pastures, etc., j
as follows:
A. For humanitarian reasons both coun-'
tries agree to grant each country’s nomad-;
le Laplanders privileges contained in the,
amendment of 1S83 to the treaty of 1751, \
which amendment neither country shall j
demand cancelled without the consent of1
the other.
B enumerates the condition under which •
Laplanders may pasture reindeers In Nor-!
waV until the end of the year 1917.
(*. In ample time before the end of the
year 1917 negotiations are to be opened
concerning the above matter.
D stipulates arbitration in case of dif
ferences.
Article 4.
Article 4 deals with in ter traffic, as fol
io as:
A. Fach country agrees neither through
prohibitory import nor export laws to in
any way interfere with 01 make difluiuU
the transport or transit of goods. In casd
<„>f war. complications with or between
powers, or in other extraordinary cases,
arms and ammunition and other war ma
terial shall be deemed contraband. Ex
planations may bo made as demanded by
international laws or the security of their
own neutrality. Exceptions may also be
made for sanitary reasons.
I?. Transit goods must not be taxed
with export duty or similar charges, nor
must any distinction be made in charges
of transit.
C, D and E contains rules concerning
the charges on transit. The principal ef
fect is that no higfher charges shall he
made other than in the case of the coun
try’s own subjects.
F. This agreement la for thirty years
from January 1, 1906, and may be pro
longed for a similar period if notice of
cancellation is not given at least live years
prior to the end of that period.
G- and H contain stipulations concerning
the Ofoten railroad and arbitration.
Article 5.
Article 5, referring to common water
ways, is as follows:
A. If a proposition is made for damming
waters or similar work within one coun
try, that country's law's shall decide the
matter, although the action may Interfere
with the water of the other country, the
inhabitants of which have the same
rights.
B. In accordance with international
precedence It is stipulated that such works
may not be carried out without the per
mission of the other country if a change of
w'ater course should substantially inter
fere with the use of such water for com
nfercial purposes or cause great changes
within an extended area.
C and D concern matter of detail.
E. This agreement is valid for fifty
years from January 1. 1906, and is pro
longed for an equal period if notice of can
cellation is not given five years previously.
F provides for an arbitration agree
ment.
The protocol was signed for Sweden by
Christian Lundeborg, the premier; Count
A. F. Wachtmeister, minister of foreign
affairs: Hjalmer Hammarskjold. minister
of education, and Karl Staff; and for Nor
way, by Christian Michelsen, the premier;
Carl D. Berner, president of the storth
ing: J. Loveland, minister of foreign af
fairs, and Benjamin Vogt, former minister
of the interior.
The Order of Business.
The delegates agreed on the following
order of business:
1. To each country’s parliament the
above treaty shall be submitted for rati
fication subject to the ratification of the
other country to be mutually binding
when as stated hereinafter Sweden recog
nizes Norway as an indepenaent country
dissolved from the union with Sweden.
2. When the riksdag and storthing have
passed identical ratification bills a propo
sition will be laid before the riksdag ask
ing the riksdag:
On Sweden’s part, to cancel the riks
dag, or charter of 1815, establishing new'*
fundamental laws on the terms’ that the
union of Norwray and Sweden be indisso
luble and irrevocable.
• To consent that the king may recognize
Norway as a separate country from Swe
den .
When such recognition is given, treaties
w'ill in accordance with tne riksdag and
storthing’s decision consenting to the
above agreement in accordance with the
usual International procedure.
After these treaties are signed Sweden
shall immediately notify all the foreign
powers with which diplomatic relations
are maintained of her recognition of Nor
way as an independent country.
Each country shall then request the for
eign powers with whom common treaties
exist to so remedy such treaties that one
country in no manner remains responsible
for the acts of the other.
When Sw'cden recognizes Norway’s in- j
dependece and the above treaties are
signed negotiations shall immediately be
opened concerning the settlement of such
matters which must cease or be changed
on account of the dissolution of the union
between the two countries.
TALE ANGERS MR. PLATT
Denies That He Is Seriously III or Has
Been, or Will Retire.
Kansas City, Mo.. Sept. 27.—United
State Senator Thomas C. Platt, of New
York, arrived in this city yesterday
afternoon from Denver over the Rock
Island railroad in his private car
Courier, and he left over the sairfe road
for the east at 6:30 o'clock last night.
Senator Platt denied that he was ser
iously ill or had been, and denounced
in vigorous language the reports which
have been circulated about his health.
Notwithstanding his denial the senator
appeared quite feeble, and he was
wheeled about in his car in an invalid’s
chair.
Senator Platt also denied that he has
any intention of retiring from politics.^
He said that future developments ;
would prove that he will continue to be
a factor in New York and national
politics.
The senator said that he would visit
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on
his way east.
BRUTAL ACT OF A MOB
Savage Act of a Mob at Williamstown,!
West Virginia.
Williamstown, W. Va., Sept. 27.—■
Breaking into the city jail yesterday,]
an armed and masked mob of "Whitei
Ribboners" took out Moses Loverin, a'
negro, serving sixty days for assaulting!
James Butscher. Taking Lovtjrin and|
Thomas Blackburn, the only other pris
oner, across the river in a boat, upon]
landing the mob whipped and stonedj
Loverin until he was practically dead. ,
Both prisoners were returned to jail.
Loverin will die.
Blackburn gave the names of eight:
men in the mob, and Prosecuting At-i
torney Sheppard has issued warrants
for them. !
SHERIFF SAVES OWN WIFE
Members of Mis Own Race Compose
Mob That Pursues Negro Assailant.
St. Louis, Sept. 26.—A negro attempted
to assault the wife of Deputy Sheriff A. J.
Shores at Clayton last night and was shot
by Shores and badly wounded. The shoot
ing attracted a mob of negroes from the
congregation of a colored church who at
tempted to lynch the negro, Robert Tay
lor, but were prevented and Taylor was
safely landed in jail.
Deputy Sheriff Shores had alighted from
a street car, and hearing a woman scream
and seeing a negro running, he fired and
the negro fell.
Later he discovered it was his own wif®
Whom the negro had seized as she waj?
on her way home from a neighborhood vis
it. He found her in a faint lying upon
the sidewalk.
SENTENCE CROOKED CLERK.
New York, Sept. 25.—James P. Hen
nessy, the clerk who recently confessed
to stealing $40,000 from the estate of
D. Percy Morgan, was today sentenced
to states prison for seven years. Ac
cording to his confession, Henncssy lost
the money in a race track pool room.
VOTE CENSURES THE KING.
Budapest, Sept. 25.—The executive
committee of coalition parties summoned
to discuss the situation arising from
the ultimatum presented to the Hun
garian leaders by the king and em
peror, has passed a resolution which
imounts to a severe vote of censure of
the king and his advisers.
found guilty of bigamy.
New York. Sept. 25.—Frederick E.
Carlton, a commissary steward in the
navy pard in Brooklyn, was found
guilt ( oday of bigamy. Carlton had
four ..'.ves.
SIXTY-FIVE HORSES BURN.
Wilmington, Del., Sept. 25.—Fire to
day completely destroyed McDaniels
Bros.’ livery and boarding stables. Six-,
ty-flve horses were burned to death and*
about 150 carriages and wagons and,
tons of hay and feed were destroyed
The loss exceeds *50,000.
t.X- IOWA LEGISLATOR DIES.
Waterloo, la., Sept. 25.—Geo. W
Bern Is, state treasurer from 1876 to 1880'
died at Independence last night aged
72 years, after a long illness. He was
elected to the eighth general assembly
i In 1859 and to the senate in 1871. ’
WILL BE NO TROUBLE ”
IN SCANDINAVIA
Sweden and Norway Reach a
Final Peaceful
Agreement.
TERMS NOT MADE PUBLIC
Swedes Agree to Dissolution of the
Union, but It Is Believed They
Have Insisted on Demolition of
Norwegian Fortifications.
Karlstad, Sweden. Sept. 26.—After
protracted sessions, extending over
tome weeks, the Norwegian and Swe
dish delegates who met here to settle
the terms of separation of the two
countries this evening arrived at an
agreement on all points. The terms
were not made public.
In anticipation of an agreement large
crowds assembled around the building
in which the meetings had been held
■o witness the departure of the dele
gates. The Norwegians emerged im
mediately upon the conclusion of the
session, and wore on their way to
Christiania a few minutes after the
announcement was made of the out
come of the negotiations. The Swedish
delegates remained in town for some
time, but when they did show them
selves they received an ovation and
were escorted to their hotel by the
crowd, which sang the Swedish na
tional anthem. They left at midnight
for Stockholm.
Terms Not Announced.
The delegates refuse to discuss the
terms of agreement, simply saying that
they would be given out early next
week. An agreement had been anti
cipated for some days, as both sides
had been adopting conciliatory atti
tudes.
The negotiations which are now con
cluded were peculiar In nature. On one
side the delegates were four Swedish
ministers, who at the time of the rigs
dag decision were leading members of
the committee which framed the Swed
ish conditions to assent to dissolution.
On the other side the delegates were
men who led Norway In Its revolution
on June 7, but who were not guided by
any decision of the storthing. On the
contrary, their act was looked on with
suspicion by men more radical.
When Sweden's conditions were made
many voices in Norway were raised
against acceding to them. Premier
Michelson, of Norway, was more con
servative, and seeing the consequences
to Norway of a breach with Sweden
was willing to enter into an agreement
so long as it was honorable to Norway
and preserved as much as possible her
national' pride. M. Breiner, president
of the Norwegian storthing, and M.
Loveland, the Norwegian foreign min
ister, were perhaps not so willing, but
they followed Premier Michelson.
Good Feeling Promised.
The purpose of the Swedish dele
gates wt #to make an agreement pre
serving the good feeling between the
two peoples. From this viewpoint, of
course, Sweden was compelled to in
sist on the demolition of the frontier
fortifications which Norway, notwith
standing the close connection of the
countries, had erected against Sweden's
entirely unfortified frontier. The first
purpose of the Swedish delegates was
to hurt as little as possible the
feelings of Norway, and the Swed
ish delegates throughout the pro
ceedings have tried to find a
way in which the fortress located
farthest from the frontier could be
made less threatening, while the others,
they contended, should be demolished.
It is believed this point was success
fully carried. The Swedish delegates
were also anxious to preserve free and
untrammeled intercourse between the
two countries, and they therefore pro
posed that certain agreements be made
regarding transit and waterways which
were equal in benefit to both and which
would prevent one country from inter
fering with the other. It is believed
that these matters also were settled to
the satisfaction of both sides.
Finally, Sweden did not consider that
she could leave unprotected the inter
ests of the poor nomadic Laplanders,
for their very existence depends on the
use of the pastures In both countries
at different seasons for their reindeer.
The Norwegians held out against the
granting of this right, which had been
established for centuries, but it is
thought they at last gave in.
That Sweden never objected to arbi
tration is shown by the rigsdag's de
cision on arbitration which was first
mentioned and will agree perfectly
with Sweden’s expressed desire for
peace.
Christiania, Sept. 25.—The Norwegian
delegation arrived here from Karlstad
and was received with cheers by sev
eral thousand persons who were wait
ing at the station.
During the past week there has been
an increasing agitation over the ques
tion of a constitution for Norway. The
republicans made great efforts to or
ganize a party, but they are hopelessly
in the minority. As the candidature of
a Bernadotte prince has been aban
doned,- all attention is now directed to
Prince Charles of Denmark, who, If he
accepts the throne, will be enthusiast
ically received.
FUSSING OVER CASTRO.
France Hopes the United States Will
Demand in Forcing Venezuela
to Terms.
Paris, Sept. 26.—The foreign office
has not received Venezuela's response
to instructions sent to M. Lalgny,
French charge d’affaires at Caracas,
requiring Venezuela to disavow her
offensive action i»refusing to carry on
relations with France through him and
therefore French action in the matter
is in abeyance pending r.eceipt of a re
ply.
The official view here strongly sup
ports concurrent action on the part of
United States and France. It is said
no direct propositions for joint action
have yet been formulated.
FRANCO-GERMAN PACT.
Conference Over Morocco Results in
Agreement Between the Nations
and Ends Fear of Rupture.
Paris, Sept. 26.—Information ob
tained from a well informed source Is
to the effect that Dr. Rosen, the Ger
man minister to Morocco, and M. Rou
vier, representing France, reached a
complete agreement on all the disput
ed points of the Moroccan question in
the course of their conference today.
Both parties are entirely satisfied with
the arrangement.
I REAR END COLLISION.
Bad Wreck on Pennsylvania Road at
Paoli and Five Persons Are
Killed.
, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 27.—A rearend
collision yesterday between the east
bound New York limited express from
St. Louis and a local passenger train
which was standing at the Paoli sta
tion of the Pennsylvania railroad nine
teen miles west of this city resulted In
ithe death of live- men and the Injury
of more than twenty others. The dead
[are:
■ FRANK A. RRASLOtV. of Haver
jford. general agent of the Safety Car
Heating and Lighting company.
1 GEORGE M. PENNYPACKER. of
Philadelphia.
• S. S. WALTON, of Altoona, Pa.
' RICHARD Y. GARLAND, of Nar
Ibeth.
: CARL DUNHAUER, of Philadelphia.
Among the injured are the follow
ing:
Miss E. K. Spangler, Merehantville,
N. J., back hurt.
C. Milenbe, of St. Louis, back in
jured.
John Ford, dining car cook, back In
jured.
Mrs. Lamote, of St. Louis, ear cut
and shock.
C. O. Denoist, 8-year-old boy, of St.
Louis, back hurt.
D. E. Bolt, Dahlon, O., head cut.
F. A. Flaline, dining car conductor,
head injured.
D. M. Perrine, Philadelphia, master,
mechanic in railroad shop, two riba
broken and arm hurt.
M. F. Elliott, Philadelphia, face cut
and arm broken.
All those who met death were in
the private car of General Manager
Atterbury, which was attached to the
rear of the local train. Aft-. Atterbury
is on his vacation in Maine.
In the car at. the time of the col
lision were about a dozen men who
had been engaged In overhauling the
car. Those who were not killed were
Injured. The force of the collision was
so great that the engine of the limited
plowed ten feet Into the car and the
latter was forced half way through the
day coach ahead.
At the time of the accident there
were less than half a dozen passen
gers on the train, who were in the
forward cars.
The engineer and fireman of the col
liding train were not hurt, but a num
ber of passengers were Injured.
The injured were placed in the for
ward car of the local train, which was
run to the city. It stopped at Bryn
Mawr, where a half dozen injured were
taken to the Bryn Mawr hospital, and
the others were brought here.
Four of those who lost their lives
were killed almost instantly. The fifth
man, Richard Garland, died In the Uni
versity hospital in this city.
KANSAS BANK FAILS.
It Was Caught for $168,COO by the Fail
ure of Salmon & Salmon of
Clinton, Mo.
Kansas City, Sejt. 27.—The Kansas
City State bank, Wiley O. Cox, presi
dent, failed to open its doors today,
having gone into voluntary liquidation.
The bank had loaned $168,000 to the
bank of Salmon & Salmon, of Clinton,
Mo., which failed last July, catching
depositors for several hundred thousand
dollars.
The Kansas City State bank was
organized in 1888 and had a capital of
$200,000. The last statement showed
loans of $4,000,000; deposits of $4,750,
000, and a surplus of $14,000.
The Kansas City State b$nk holds
$.167,000 of the city's money.
The following note was posted on the
door today:
"This bank has gone into voluntary
liquidation througli the Fidelity Trust
company. Checks drawn against the
bank will be paid upon presentation.”
The Fidelity Trust company, which
is capitalized at $1,000,000, is considered
one of the strongest institutions in the
southwest.
SURVIVES FIVE BULLETS
Victim of Robber’s Shots Constitutes
an Exceptional Record in Surgery
Annals.
New York, Sept. 27.—After removal
of five 3S-calIber bullets from his body,
.Joseph Guidivinski, a railroad detec
tive, who was shot August 18 in a bat
tle with a freight thief, was pro
inounced yesterday to be on the road to
recovery. The detective, according to
;the Fordham hospital surgeon, pre
sents one of the most remarkable cases
of physical endurance that has ever
come under their care.
After his battle with the thief, Guid
ivinski was believed to be dead, but
he was driven three miles to Fordham,
where it was found he had been shot
lover the right eye, while another bul
let had entered his forehead near the
(left temple, two had lodged in the ab-1
'domen, and a fifth struck the left
thigh, piercing the bone. He revived’
and was immediately put on the oper
ating table.
After three hours of work the two
bullets were removed from his head.
Two weeks later an attempt was made
;to reach the bullets in his abdomen.
One had lodged In the wall of the
stomach but the other was in the
spleen. This necessitated a long and
extremely difficult operation. Two
minor operations followed and the last
'piece of lead was removed yesterday.
“BLACK HAND” CRIME.
/oung Girl Is Clubbed to Death in Her
Own Home by an Agent of the
Bandit Society.
New York, Sept. 27.—Irene Grossman,
aged 16, was found clubbed into in
sensibility In a hallway at her home,
early today. Her attack was the cul
mination of a series of nightly entries
in the Grossman residenc e, whic h were
Intended to enforce, by "Black Hand”
methods, payments of money for im
munity from attack.
Beginning Friday night, the negro
ivisited the house nightly, appearing
•only to Miss Grossman, and escaping
twhen frightened by her screams. De
spite a lookout set for him by the fam
ily, he succeeded today in reaching the
girl before she had a chance to give
warning.
The police found two pictures in the.
Grossman home with their faces turned]
'to the wall with notes demanding
•money written on the backs.
FOURTEEN ^RE KILLED.
_
Fireworks Plant in Brooklyn^Blows Up,
Resulting in Some Startling
Rumors.
New York, Sept. 27.—More than a.
dozen persons are reported Injured In
tin explosion in fireworks factqry at the
Green Point section of Brooklyn late
today. Some of them are believed to
be fatally hurt. 1
Fourteen persons were later reported
killed in the exposition. Two bodies
were already removed and four Injured
had been taken to the hospital.
BUTTE HAS A
$1,000,000 FIRE
Montana City Has a Narrow
Escape From a Worse
Conflagration.
FIREMEN'S HEROIC WORK
Entire Department of Silver Bow Coun«
ty Did Valiant Work in Prevent
ing the Blaxe from Spreading
and Destroying City.
I Butte, Mont., Sept. 26.—Fire causing
& loss estimated at about $1,000,000
yesterday consumed the entire busi
ness of Butte, lying between the Sho
dalr block and Renshaw alley, on the
south side of West Park street, and
half destroyed the public library.
The fire call was turned In at 8:40
o'clock. At noon the four-story Symons
store was a mass of llanies, and the
public library and other places were
burning simultaneously. At 1 o'clock
Mayor MacGlnniss announced the fire
under control. Had the blaze crossed
Main street into the old buildings on
the north side of Park street, or had
It not been checked at the Renshaw
building Butte would have suffered
today from a $5,000,000 fire.
A cigar company occupied part of
the ground lloor and basement of the
big Symons Dry Goods company’*
building. At once the men realized
that to keep the tire confined to the
basement and away from the elevator
shaft was the only hope of saving the
block.
The men could not enter the seat of
the flames, but several went through
the rear sidewalk windows and held
the hose as close as they could to the
origin of the smoke. Finally, with a
favorable change In the wind, which
kept the smoke back temporarily, the
firemen broke in three doors on the
ground floor and poured the water In
the direction of the elevator shaft,
which roared like a mill race. A per
fect geyser of sparks and burning shin
gles spouted across the roofs of other
buildings, starting flames In the Ren
shttw hull and away to the Park build
ing
Burned Free as a Bonfire.
From 11 o'clock until noon the Sy
mons building burned free as a bonfire,
and the firemen confined their labors to
saving adjoining property. The Ren
shaw building seemed doomed, as did
the Lewis and Clark buildings.
The Miner, Broadway, Harvard,
Argyle and other buildings were licked
by the flames, but good work on the
part of the owners and the firemen pre
vented what seemed for a time a gen
eral conflagration, as a stiff wind was
blowing flaming embers everywhere.
By li o'clock every pie<;e of fire ap
paratus in Silver Bow county was at
the scene of the fire. The fire depart
ments from Barus, Cora, Parrott, Or
iginal Vagnon, Anaconda and other
mines responded and rendered great
service.
The fire battalions from the Centen
nial brewery, from Walkervllle, from
Williamsburg, the Bruce reduction
works and other places answered the
general alarm and lent valuable as
lstance.
Some of the losses follow:
Blocks totally destroyed: Maule,
Tork, Barrett, Woodworth, Ogden.
The following are among the esti
mated losses:
Symon’s store, Maule and York
blocks, owned by the New York Realty
company, $600,000.
Library building, $70,000.
Walkover Shoe company, $16,000.
Ogden block, total loss.
Atlantic saloon, $11,000._
BOMB KILLS FOUR.
Missile Is Exploded in a Pr'vate Car
at the Pekin Railroad
Station.
Pekin, Sept. 26.—At the Pekin rail
road station yesterday as a train car
rying one of the four missions ordered
abroad to study foreign political meth
ods was leaving a bomb was exploded
Inside a private car, killing four minor
officials and wounding over twenty
other persons. The wounded include
Prince* Tsai Tohe, who heads the de
partment of missions, and Wu Ting
fang, former minister to the United
States, both of whom received slight
injuries.
The perpetrator of the outrage, who
was in the car, was blown to pieces.
The affair has created a profound
sensation and causes apprehension re
garding the safety of the members of
the courts and leading agehts of the
government. The government officials
and directors are strongly guarded.
The edict appointing the missions
mentioned in the foregoing dispatch
was issued July J6. A dispatch from
Pekin August 29 said that the missions
were appointed to study foreign sys
tems of government.
Chinese Minister Is Horrified.
Washington, Sept. 25.—When the
dispatch containing an account of the
explosion of a bomb in a private car
was shown to Sir Chen Tung Liang
Cheng, the Chinese minister, here, he
expressed his horror over the occur
rence.
The minister said:
"There are two parties in China—
the new reform party and the party
that you call anarchists in this coun
try. The leaders of the latter are usu
ally devoid of any principles, whether
of government or anything else."
CLAIMS WEALTHY VICTIM
Son of President of New Orleans Board
of Trade Is Dead of Yellow
Fever.
New Orleans, Sept. 23.—New cases
yellow fever today, 13; deaths. 2.
Among the deaths today was Alex
ander H. Kohnke, son of President
Ivohnke of the New Orleans board of
trade.
In spite of the fever records show
that the death rate in New Orleans for
August this year is about the same as
last.
Par.sacola, Fla.. Sept. 23.—Six new
cases of yellow fever are reported here
today.
JAPS ARREST TWO EDITORS.
Tokio, Sept. 23.—FoloUving the dras
tic domicilary visits of the prosecutor
and judges of the preliminary court yes
terday to the office of the newspaper
Nlroku. residences of its editors and
other places, twenty-two arrests have
been made. Among those arrested are
two persons closely connected with the
Niroku. Others are mostly workmen.
It is believed the charge on which the
arrests were made is that of instigating
the recent riots.
MORTON REGRETS IT.
But He Says the Equitable Will Have
to Continue in the Restaurant
Business.
New York, Sept. 27.—Paul Morton
president of the Equitable Life Assur
ance society, made the following state
ment today:
"There is nothing new or sensational
about Cafe Savarin. There has been
no change in its relation to the Equit
able which now owns and operates it.
I do not like the idea of the society
being in the restaurant business, but it
is a condition that I found and we will
have to continue in the business until
I can make other arrangements. It will
be my effort to get the society of of the
business, although, in lieu of rent, Cafe
Saverln is now netting the society prof
its which approximate what the rent
ought to be. No officer, director or em
ploye of this society is interested in any
way in the profits of the cafe."
VICTORS HEART-BROKEN.
Japanese Are Inconsolable in Their
Grief and Anger Over the
Peace Treaty.
Toklo, Sept. 27.—The emperor la
giving personal attention to memorials
presented to the throne against terms
of peace. The memorials now number
nearly 100. Agitators, who are trying
to Interview privy councillors, advo
cate refusal to ratify the treaty of
peace and the public Is almost unani
mous In demanding the resignation of
the cabinet. Even moderates do not
conceal their grief at the result of nego
tiations.
VLADVISTOCK BOOMING
Eastern Seaport of Russia Is Exper
iencing an Unparalled Busi
ness Revival.
Vladivostok. Sept. 27.—Old tlm bus
lness activity of this city has been
rapidly returning since the proclama
tion of peace. Inhabitants who left
during the troublous times are return
ing, commercial and Industrial life Is
returning and foreign steamers with
freight are already arriving. Municipal
authorities have received Inquiries
from thirty American firms concerning
the acquirement of business quarters
at Vladivostok. Japanese firms are al
so coming In.
BAKU RIOTERS AGREE.
Representatives of Both Races Meev
and Come to Agreement.
Baku, Sept. 27.—A conference of rep
resentatives of the Armenians and Tar
tars under the presidency of Prince
Louis Napoleon, governor general of
the Caucasus, has Just been concluded,
during which the principal conditions
of an entente were agreed upon. The
conference decided to summon a gen
eral congress, representing the inhab
itants of the Caucasus, to meet in Octo
ber for the purpose of considering the
causes of the enmity existing between
theTartars and the Armenians, resolved
to urge on the government the neces
sity for the adopation of prompt meas
ures to insure the safety of life and
property, and arranged that Arme
nians and Tartars shall become mu
[ tually responsible for atl material dam
age in the everft of massacre or pillage
by either side until January, 1907. Ten
Armenians and ten Mussulmans, all
very wealthy, undertook to guarantee
the strict observance of the agreement.
The conference also resolved to or
ganize an arbitration court to consist
of five Armenians and five Tartars,
who will draft the details of the agree
ment, etc. The program will become
effective November 14.
JEWS DENOUNCE RUSSIA
Chicago Police Called to Quell the Dis
turbance.
Chicago, Sept. 27.—The police were
called to quell a riot last night in the
Russian synagogue, Clayton and Judd
streets, where Adolph Kraus was ad
dressing a Jewish meeting. Several
persons received slight wounds and ten
men and women were arrested. Mr.
Kraus was giving an account of his
interview' with M. Witte, the Russian
envoy at Portsmouth, at which he
asked for Justice for the Jews through
Mr. Witte's good offices.
"We may trust the word of Mr. Witte
that he will do all Jn his power to
ameliorate the sufferings of the Jews,"
Mr. Kraus was saying, when suddenly
a member of a Jewish society sprang to
his feet.
"Do you trust a Russian politician?"
he shouted.
Before Mr. Kraus had time to ensw'er
there were shouts from several hun
dred men and women in the audience,
"Down with Witte!” “Down with ty
ranny!” came the shouts. While the
excitement was at its height the doors
of the synagogue were locked and
someone telephoned for the police. In
a few minutes several patrol wagons
filled with officers were on hand. The
leaders were arrested and the meeting
was dispersed by officers with drawn
clubs.
WITTE REACHES BERLIN
Russian Envoy Has Reached German
Capital—Will Interview Emperor.
Berlin, Sept. 27.—M. Witte, accom
panied by his daughter, Mme. Narych
klne, wife of the secretary of the Rus
sian legation at Brussels, arrived at the
Potsdam railway station shortly after
6 o’clock last evening and was received
by the start of the Russian embassy.
iHe proceeded immediately to the Hotel
Bristol, vMiere he will reside until
Tuesday, when he goes to Rominten,
one of Emperor William's hunting
seats, situated near the Russian fron
tier, where he will bhve an audience
'with his majesty. Large crowds as
sembled outside Jhe Hotel Bristol in
the hope of seejjfrg the Russian states
man.
CANOE TRIP*IS FATAL.
Son of Deadwood Pioneer Publisher
Dies in Indiana.
Indianapolis, Sept. 27.—Willis H.
Bonham, aged 19, at present living In
this city, but whose father is the pub
lisher of the Daily Pioneer, of Dead
wood, S. D.. and Lucy D. Miles, aged
1G, of this city, were drowned last night
at Broad Ripple park, eight miles
northeast of this city, while out canoe
ing.
HOIST JAP FLAG ON ISLAND
Reported That Mikado’s Colors Wave
Over Kommander Islands.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 27.—News has
been received here that the American
steamer Montara, having on board
Baron Bruggen, manager of the Kamt
chatka Trading society, was seized by
the Japanese near Nlkolskoe, Bering
island, and that the Japanese occupied
the Kommander islands and hoisted
the Japanese flag. Neither the date of
•seizure of the vessel nor that of occu
pation of the islands is given.